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Hello. I have just purchased a DD 10 Sho-Bud with 8 & 4. Can someone give a me a direction to go on about the pedal & knee lever set up on the C 6th. I know there are a lot of variations, but I'm looking for the most popular one to get started on. Any reply would be helpful. Thanks

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That's Buddy Emmons' C6 setup he's used for years. The 5 pedals and 4 knee levers are the most common changes used. Not all C6 players use all 4 levers.

Many C6 players add two or more knee levers in the middle, right over the C6 pedals. You can share knee levers, using them for both necks, but many/most share the RKR and RKL and, if they have more than that, add the additional levers in the middle.

My personal preference for which levers are most important are
1. C to B on 3rd
2. A to Bb on 4th
3. C to C# on 3rd (especially if you use D on top -- as most do these days)
4. A to Ab on 4th

Hope this helps.

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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Larry Bell on 18 April 2005 at 01:15 PM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks for the reply, Larry. I will have to start from scratch. None of the knee levers are connected to the C 6th neck. Also, I'm not sure what to do about the floor pedals.
Thanks again.

Here are the stock changes for C6 floor pedals:

P4: raise 4th string A to B
p5: lower 5th string from G to F#, raise 10th string C to D, raise 9th string F to F#
p6: lower 6th string E to Eb, raise 2nd string E to F
p7: raise 3rd string C to D, raise 4th string A to B
p8: raise 7th string C to C#, lower 9th string F to E, lower 10th string C to A

Thank you as well, Jim. I will give it a try.( I hope nobody hears me untill I at least get it tuned up !)